1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460552303321

Titolo

America, sea power, and the world / / edited by James C. Bradford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-118-92794-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (406 p.)

Disciplina

359.00973

Soggetti

Sea-power - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sea power and the modern state system -- The American War for Independence at sea -- Genesis of the U.S. Navy, 1785-1806 -- The Naval War of 1812 : independence confirmed, 1807-1815 -- The squadron navy : agent of a commercial empire, 1815-1890 -- Technological revolution at sea -- The Civil War : blockade and counter-blockade -- The Civil War on rivers and coastal waters -- The new navy, 1865-1895 -- War with Spain and the revolution in naval affairs, 1895-1910 -- Defending imperial interests in Asia and the Caribbean, 1898-1941 -- Naval rivalry and World War I at sea, 1900-1920 -- Finding certainty in uncertain times : the navy in the interwar years -- World War II in the Atlantic and Mediterranean -- Defense in the Pacific, 1937-1943 -- Offensive in the Pacific, 1943-1944 -- The victory of sea power in the Pacific -- The uneasy transition, 1945-1953 -- Cold War challenges, 1953-1963 -- The test of Vietnam -- Twilight of the Cold War : contraction, reform and revival -- Contours of conflict : worldwide war on terrorism, 1990-2014 -- "Quo vadis".



2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002939429707536

Titolo

Extremes in nature : an approach to using Copulas / G. Salvadori ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dordrecht : Springer, c2007

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Collana

Water science and technology library ; 56

Classificazione

AMS 62G

Altri autori (Persone)

Salvadori, Gianfausto

Disciplina

519.535

Soggetti

Copulas (Mathematical statistics)

Natural disasters - Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia